Box 1
Container
Contains 42 Results:
Printed Notice, W. N. Pendleton will be offering rooms to Washington College student boarders
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1866 - 1870
Letter, William Ambers to Ms. Davidson, 1883-07-20
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
William Ambers writes a 3.5 page response to Ms. Davidson's (likely Mary Davidson of Lexington, Va.) request for information on the early life of Edgar Allan Poe. Ambers shares reminiscences gathered from James A. Clarke, of Manchester Va., who was a childhood friend of Poe. The contests of the letter were published November 19, 1885 in an article in the State, a Richmond, Virginia newspaper.
Dates:
1883-07-20
Letter, William Ambers to M. Davidson, 1883-08-13
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Ambers writes a second letter offering a few more names of those who were childhood friends of Edgar Allan Poe. He wishes Ms. Davidson success on her Poe research project.
Dates:
1883-08-13
Control Folder
File — Box: 1, Folder: 0
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1813-1895
Henry Lee to Ann Lee Correspondence
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1813-1895
Custis family correspondence, 1822 - 1840
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1822 - 1840
Robert E. Lee family material, part 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1813-1895
William Ambers to Ms. Davidson letters , 1883
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1883
Letter, George D. Armstrong to Samuel McDowell Reid, 1854-02-21
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1854-02-21
Letter, George W. P. Custis to Rev. R. R. Gurley, 1833-08-11
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1833-08-11
Letter, Mary L. Custis to Rev. R. R. Gurley, undated letter 1
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1822 - 1840
Letter, Mary L. Custis to Rev. R. R Gurley, 1827-11-12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1827-11-12
Letter, Mary L. Custis to Rev. R. R. Gurley, undated letter 2
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1822 - 1840
Letter, Mary L. Custis to Rev. R. R. Gurley, undated letter 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1822 - 1840
Letter, Charles A. Davidson to Hannah Davidson , 1859-12-02
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
A five page letter, dated December 2, 1859, written by Virginia Military institute cadet Charles A. Davidson, of Lexington, Va. to his mother Hannah. The letter documents the events leading up to and the execution of abolitionist John Brown at Charles Town. Davidson vividly describes the V.M.I. cadets' journey from Lexington to Charles Town including noteworthy events that transpired along the way, and offers a detailed account of the actual execution. Eighty-five V.M.I. cadets along with...
Dates:
1859-12-02
Letter, Henry J. Furber, Sr. to Robert E. Lee , 1869-06-13
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Henry Jewett Fuber, Sr., the Vice President of Universal Life Insurance Company basedin New York, writes to Robert E. Lee to once again offer him an opportunity to join the company as its Southern officer or agent. According to the letter, Lee had turned down a previous offer from Furber and his company. The letter is ten pages.
Dates:
1869-06-13
Publication, Echoes of Christian Truth, from the life of Robert E. Lee. printed in Baltimore 1871 (Mildred C. Lee's copy), 1871
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
The publication was signed by Robert E. Lee's daughter Mildred Childe Lee and dated 1871.
Dates:
1871
Letter, Paul B. Davis to Mrs. Mildred Lee Francis , 1928-09-17
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1928-09-17
Copy of bank check from the Exchange Bank of Virginia to Robert E. Lee, 1861-06-27
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Item is likely a copy of a paycheck from the State of Virginia for his service.
Dates:
1861-06-27
Letter, Edward H. Wyvill to Robert E. Lee, 1867-01-28
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Letter explaining why Mr. Wyvill's son is not returning to Washington College for the 1867 session.
Dates:
1867-01-28
Letter, Charles H. Smith to Robert E. Lee, 1868-01-25
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Dr. Charles H. Smith, Medical Examiner for the Arlington Mutual Life Insurance Company writes to Robert E. Lee to ask if he is interested in being the president of company. Lettter is two pages and describes the company. Also included is a published prospectus of the company, a published chart of insurance price tables, the company's charter and bylaws, and two published lists of all who are insured by the company and and the envelope addressed to Lee in which these items were delivered....
Dates:
1868-01-25
Letter, Hannah Turner to Thomas E. Hale, Esq., 1818-05-31
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Hannah Turner writes from "Rutland" (perhaps Rutland, Vermont)to her son Thomas Hale, Esq. about day to day business, family matters, and Hannah (perhaps her daughter?)planning for travel to a school called Windsor. The letter is addressed to Thomas E. Hale, Esq. "at the Legislature, Boston."
Dates:
1818-05-31
Letter, Mrs. C. J. Steele to Professor J. White of Washington College, 1870
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1870
Letter, D. F. Bittle to Prof. W. Preston Johnson of Washington College, 1868-05-26
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1868-05-26
Letter, Cyrus Hall McCormick to Washington College Faculty, 1868-06-03
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes individual or small collections of letters to the Custis, Lee, Davidson, McDowell, Reid, and Hale families. Subjects include the Custis family involvement in the American Colonization Society, John Brown's Raid as recounted by V.M.I. cadet Charles A. Davidson of Lexington, Va., Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's life, Lee family genealogy, Anne Lee Marshall's death, the Markoe family of Baltimore, Md.,Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington College (Va.) history including a...
Dates:
1868-06-03